Post by kellphi on Feb 8, 2013 10:11:04 GMT -5

Also do people up North call it Pop or Soda water? I call everything Coke even if its a Sprite

Dude you're from Houston. You HAVE an accent. And of course y'all is obviously a staple.

Dialects by Region 101.

I lived in San Diego from when I was 1 to about thirteen, so definitely long enough to pick up any accent. I never thought I had an accent until I moved to Knoxville and kids in school would tell me I had a funny accent. I guess there is a "western" accent, I just never (still dont) realized it.

Post by FuzzyWarbles on Feb 8, 2013 10:15:00 GMT -5

What you got back home, little sister, to play your fuzzy warbles on? I bet you got little save pitiful, portable picnic players. Come with uncle and hear all proper! Hear angel trumpets and devil trombones. You are invited.

Post by roto-ROOter on Feb 8, 2013 10:17:45 GMT -5

I guess there is a "western" accent, I just never (still dont) realized it.

I had a few classes on the topic. Seems that the "western" accent really isn't an accent at all. In fact it just seems to be the absence of one. Sorry cks and other west coasters! I'm sure Y'ALL still have a wonderful tone.

Post by Boner on Feb 8, 2013 10:17:52 GMT -5

"Yess bie, lord tunderin jesus I tell ya, when I goes down sout fer bonnaroo, I tells ya the people down der is nice as all hell, but by the Jesus does the talks funny! Ma love I tells ya, they talks right outta'ver bie."Anyone ever talk to somebody from Newfoundland?

Post by kellphi on Feb 8, 2013 10:19:54 GMT -5

I guess there is a "western" accent, I just never (still dont) realized it.

I had a few classes on the topic. Seems that the "western" accent really isn't an accent at all. In fact it just seems to be the absence of one. Sorry cks and other west coasters! I'm sure Y'ALL still have a wonderful tone.

Post by FuzzyWarbles on Feb 8, 2013 10:23:52 GMT -5

I live in the Arkansas - Oklahoma region of JJ's map. Often, when I am in Central Texas, I get asked if I am from the Golden Triangle/ Houston- Louisiana area.

The small town I grew up in was borderline both areas so I guess I got a little bit of a few different regions (including East Texas which is a little world of it's own imo).

I was at Esther's Follies in Austin and they were doing this skit on Rick Perry seceding from the Union. The actor was breaking down on a map how Texas would be split into four different territories. I got a good laugh when he announced that East Texas would have it's own time zone and told anyone traveling there to set back their watches 100 years.

What you got back home, little sister, to play your fuzzy warbles on? I bet you got little save pitiful, portable picnic players. Come with uncle and hear all proper! Hear angel trumpets and devil trombones. You are invited.

Post by railroad436 on Feb 8, 2013 10:58:41 GMT -5

After 12 years in Knoxville, I now have the ability to break into a southern accent at will. It involuntarily shows itself if I am having a conversation with a southerner. I believe that qualifies me as bilingual.

I wish I had an accent. You can give me the "everyone has an accent" argument all you want... but everyone on TV speaks like I do and besides the inability to pronounce the "t" sound, us Connecticunts just say words exactly how they're spelled.

I dont think I have an accent either and I sound the same as people on TV do but I worked on the phone in Customer Service and sales for 10 years and a lot people would ask me where I was from because I sounded like I had a Midwestern accent. The first time someone said that to me, I was like WTF? I also got to learn a lot about the different accents from talking to people all over the country and a lot of times I could guess about where they were before pulling up their account.

Post by linana on Feb 8, 2013 11:06:55 GMT -5

I have a southern accent but sometimes I try to cover it up, like when I was at college, and when I'm working. A while back I was working in a restaurant when a lady looked at me wonderingly and exclaimed, Where are you from?? I said, here, Alabama, and she said oh my, you have the most interesting accent, I thought you were Dutch.

Post by mattlikesrock on Feb 8, 2013 11:09:38 GMT -5

I have a southern accent but sometimes I try to cover it up, like when I was at college, and when I'm working. A while back I was working in a restaurant when a lady looked at me wonderingly and exclaimed, Where are you from?? I said, here, Alabama, and she said oh my, you have the most interesting accent, I thought you were Dutch.

Post by superfurryanimal on Feb 8, 2013 11:11:42 GMT -5

I have a southern accent but sometimes I try to cover it up, like when I was at college, and when I'm working. A while back I was working in a restaurant when a lady looked at me wonderingly and exclaimed, Where are you from?? I said, here, Alabama, and she said oh my, you have the most interesting accent, I thought you were Dutch.

I'm from the mountains of north Georgia and have a pretty thick southern accent.

But when I lived in NYC it was almost never brought up as a problem. I can think of two people that seemed to have a hard time understanding me.

When I was in Sweden several Swedes thought I was English. One drunk dude at a beer garden yelled "GO England" at me every 15 minutes or so. I have no clue how he got that idea.

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Post by FuzzyWarbles on Feb 8, 2013 11:21:01 GMT -5

What you got back home, little sister, to play your fuzzy warbles on? I bet you got little save pitiful, portable picnic players. Come with uncle and hear all proper! Hear angel trumpets and devil trombones. You are invited.

Post by cwagiskingofthing on Feb 8, 2013 11:28:50 GMT -5

I have a southern accent but sometimes I try to cover it up, like when I was at college, and when I'm working. A while back I was working in a restaurant when a lady looked at me wonderingly and exclaimed, Where are you from?? I said, here, Alabama, and she said oh my, you have the most interesting accent, I thought you were Dutch.

I'm from the mountains of north Georgia and have a pretty thick southern accent.

But when I lived in NYC it was almost never brought up as a problem. I can think of two people that seemed to have a hard time understanding me.

When I was in Sweden several Swedes thought I was English. One drunk dude at a beer garden yelled "GO England" at me every 15 minutes or so. I have no clue how he got that idea.

Post by cinnamon girl on Feb 8, 2013 11:36:52 GMT -5

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go on an overnight drunk, and in 10 days I'm going to set out to find the shark that ate my friend and destroy it. Anyone who wants to tag along is more than welcome.

Post by cinnamon girl on Feb 8, 2013 11:38:34 GMT -5

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go on an overnight drunk, and in 10 days I'm going to set out to find the shark that ate my friend and destroy it. Anyone who wants to tag along is more than welcome.